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NEW DELHI (AP) â¿¿ South Korean steel giant Posco has pulled out of a proposed $5.3 billion steel plant in the southern Indian state of Karnataka in a new blow to government efforts to attract foreign investment to spur growth.
The company said Tuesday it scrapped the project because of inordinate delays stemming from local opposition to land acquisition for the project.
However, Posco said it would go ahead with a separate $12 billion steel plant in Orissa state in eastern India.
The proposed plant in Orissa is India's biggest foreign investment ever. That project too has been hit by snags in getting environmental clearances and land. After an eight-year delay, the Orissa project is making some progress by clearing legal hurdles allowing it to obtain a license to explore for iron ore. Faced with waning economic growth, the government has reduced some barriers to foreign investment by easing ownership restrictions in areas such as retailing and aviation. But the demise of Posco's Karnataka project underlines the myriad challenges that foreign investors still face when navigating business in India. Earlier this month, the Karnataka state government returned $10 million to Posco that the company had deposited as an initial down payment for acquiring land for the steel plant. Three years ago, Posco and the Karnataka government had signed an agreement with great fanfare. The plant when completed was to produce 6 million metric tons of steel per year with iron ore to be mined locally. Six months after the agreement, Posco identified land in Gadag village in Karnataka for the plant. But the project ran into hurdles with farmers and some political leaders protesting the state government's efforts to acquire land for Posco's use. "In future, if we get an attractive business proposal from the state, we may consider it and return to Karnataka," Posco India chairman and managing director Yong Won Yoon was quoted as saying by Press Trust of India.Check Out Our Best Services for Investors
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Bim Skala Bim | |
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Origin | Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
Genres | Third wave ska Ska punk |
Years active | 1983–2002 2009–present |
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Bim Skala Bim formed in Boston, MA as a Ska Rock band that was influenced by the bands in England's 2 Tone movement as well as bands such as the Clash, UB40 and Bob Marley. Bim's infectious "Boston Blue Beat" sound—a mix of upbeat 2 Tone Ska, Rock n Roll and a pinch of Calypso—with a substantial Reggae undertone led them, together with The Toasters, to be the premier bands kickstarting the Third Wave of Ska in the 1980s. Other bands quickly followed their example resulting in a lively scene in Boston and much of the United States.
In 1997, Bim Skala Bim, The Dropkick Murphys, and The Bosstones emerged on a 50 date nationwide "Boston On The Road" tour, demonstrating the shared success of those local artists. As one of the world's longest-running independent bands with over twenty five years of touring and recording,
Since their start in 1983, Bim Skala Bim released 9 highly acclaimed albums and has been the winner of 10 Boston Music Awards, 8 Boston Phoenix Reader's Poll awards as well Boston Magazine's "Best of Boston" twice. In March of 2013, Boston Business Journal rated Bim Skala Bim's "Bones" album #19 in their "Boston Top 40 Albums of All Time" list.
Bim Skala Bim took a hiatus in 2002, but has reformed with all of the original members and just finished recording a brand new album, "Chet's Last Call" released late 2013. The album has their unmistakable sound, and they'll be touring in support of this new album in Europe next spring. Finishing with an appearance at the much acclaimed Freedom Sounds Festival in Cologne Germany in May.
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It's never going to not be awful. Breaking up sucks, no matter if you're being rejected or doing the rejecting. But chances are, life isn't going to hand you a perfect opportunity. You'll both always be stressed, always have other things on your mind and it will be unpleasant no matter what day you choose to pull the trigger.
4. "I don't want to hurt him."
Again, you're going to have to. It's awful and cowardly to stay in the relationship because you feel guilty and afraid of hurting your partner's feelings. It's far less cruel to leave. Would you want to have a boyfriend or girlfriend just because the guilt was making them stick around?
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You powered through the early stages of relationship without feeling much until you finally learned how to love the other person. Not the most magical love story. It might seem virtuous to stay, but your relationship shouldn't have continued past the third date. Both of you deserve to find someone else who fascinates you, excites you and stimulates you.
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This isn't flattering for either of you. If you're staying with someone because you're afraid to be alone, you owe it to both of you to try to find someone else. Your partner deserves appreciation and adoration. If you're not the person who can provide that, let the relationship go.
If you've been saying one of these things (or more) to justify staying with your partner, you need to realize that staying together isn't fair to either of you. And unless you're an incredible actor, your partner is going to notice that you're less enthusiastic, less committed, less engaged and less fulfilled by the relationship. Your psyche will suffer, your behavior will reflect your mental distress and it will be noticeable.
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This blog post originally appeared on RealMoney Silver on July 1 at 8:18 a.m. EDT.
Yesterday, I made the case that the equity market was traveling the path of fear rather than the path of fundamentals.
Emotion continued to take over in Wednesday's trading and into the evening's trading in S&P futures.
Specifically, though well above the 50 reading that implies healthy expansion and a soft landing, the U.S. futures responded last night by trading down by eight handles on a weaker-than-expected China PMI.
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Sting: Sting's new album, #TheLastShip, is available NOW on @Amazon MP3. Download the Super Deluxe edition with 3 exclusive bonus tracks! http://smarturl.it/TheLastShipAmzComments:
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karen schweighardt - I listened to the whole album early this morning. It's stunning. Congratulations!!!!!! I found it very moving and also very masculine, I might say. - Check out Sting rehearsing for his performance on NBC's The Today Show this morning, where he'l (Type: photo | Published: 2013-09-24T11:13:49+0000)
Sting: Check out Sting rehearsing for his performance on NBC's The Today Show this morning, where he'll perform a new song from The Last Ship...tune in!Comments:
marie t cognon - BEAUTIFUL I LIKE <3 <3 <3 (y)
antonio faraò - I see my brother Ira Coleman...
herdy soedibyo - When we dance?,,, B|
karen silva friederich - showwwww!!!!!!!!!
tracy harrower ellis fallon - "If I ever lose myself in you " .....
mara ramos santos - ¡¡¡¡ El hombre q mas admira los índios del Amazonas!!
patti m hinton - Aye man it's good to see Jimmy there with Himself. Can't wait for next week.
sarah allen - last week jools Holland a way to go ♫
jeri smith - I hope The Last Ship doesn't mean the last album! Sting you are a one of a kind entertainer. You should give as much of yourself as you can while you are on this Earth. There is no replacement for your talent and creativity!
valentyna smolyar - Beautiful!!! Bello!!!! E bravo!!!!!
jeff furman - If only I knew. Nice...
yukari suzuki - www…♪───O(≧∇≦)O────♪sting
jeff furman - Whata great talent!
shivam agrawal - sting ur the best
pazit dahan - only half Dominic?
bren rivero - Sting come back to Argentina :)
carrie ann fiser pooki - come to IOWA. PLEASE! <3
johan zuka sting - Five thumb from me...!!!
lucyna kochan - Swietny facet....pieknie spiewa :)))
misha demetrashvili - au sagol sting magaria
lena platonos b - i wish i were there......!!.... - Sting's new album, #TheLastShip, is available now at Barnes & Noble stores and online: http://s (Type: link | Published: 2013-09-24T09:22:01+0000)
Sting: Sting's new album, #TheLastShip, is available now at Barnes & Noble stores and online: http://smarturl.it/TheLastShipBN!Comments:
piyush prakash - Practical Arrangement is endearing.
anton oshmian - Congratulations! :)
katka chudová - I tried to buy the DeLuxe mp3 version with a booklet this morning on Amazon.com, but unfortunately, it wasn't possible.... Hope to be able to get it in my country soon...
ann parker - Listening to it now - love it!
jennifer griffin - I'm anxiously awaiting my copy!!
david nelson - Already ordered.
joris ceoen - I bought it this morning at 10AM in my country, it's an amazing album! Congratulations!
nanan setia permana - Congratulation, like it.
hilda you - Congratulations..Hope this album is as beautiful and amazing as your older songs and albums ...
steffi schlüter - I love his new Album
laura brown - I just want to say that I love your music and I have always dreamed of meeting you. I am not sure what my expiration date. I am I am in my 3rd round of breast cancer.
laura brown - Sorry, typing lefty sucks. Anyway, i have a long story if you evert have time. I'll see you in my dreams!!!
etti palas - The one and only
katerina dimitriou - I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!1 <3 ,3 <3
ziba habibzadeh - love you...<3 <3 <3
tal barenboim - Nice Album ! "And Yet" Rocks !
simon price - its not very good :/
chris swingle - I wore out Dream of the Blue Turtles and Bring on the Night on cassette, LP *and* CD long before the advent of mp3's. Some of my favorite albums ever. Sadly, I was really disappointed with the Sacred Love (Brand New Day was pretty good though). Should I drop the coin on the new album?
valari elardo - WHOA! 2 measures into Sting's new song (live on Today NOW) and it is SO Pirate and SO Sea Chanty!! It's time to Parley!
geoff forster - Geoff Forster I will say this only once. Not only can you mention this LP in the same breath as OUTLANDOS - REGETTA - TEN SUMNERS - MERCURY, it might just be the best thing he has ever made.
sue wurscher - It sounded like a Celtic Broadway Musical - Don't miss Sting on The Today Show tomorrow, September 24! (Type: status | Published: 2013-09-23T18:30:17+0000)
Sting: Don't miss Sting on The Today Show tomorrow, September 24!Comments:
lewis randem southworth - Have you any idea how comfussing this is fir a dyslexic :o
cathy bober - ....if I'm awake...no offense Sting...darling...:)
allan medin - Lemme get this straight, your on today tomorrow.
karen schweighardt - aw, for my birthday!
naresh zala - sting is the best stil remembr his sng ' i dream of rain . I dream of gardend in desert send '
vanessa kaufman - I will watch! Met Sting backstage in like '87!
matt burt - Today's tomorrow? Tomorrow's today?
williams jody - Need to have him come back down to South Beach and perform but I'll make sure I watch tomorrow
cindy denny - Ahhhhh... Gotta get to NYC stat!
emmanuelle chapaux-lavis - C trop loin pour moi
carmen nunez - Just set up my DVR!!
jes sumner - Is the last ship out in uk shops? Xxx
tumelo moyo - people the show is called The Today Show and he's going to be there tomorrow.
filip kasprzewski - I dont wanna miss a Sting.
milu cortegaça - amo este homem :-)
ario binathara ismuwardhana - "All this time... The rivers floww... Endlessly.. To the sea... " Yay....
speedking tea - I hope the Russian will love their children too
neil grant - Is that a sky channel
ania słowik - Wygraj iPhone 5!! http://y.ahoo.it/hjyNp?raJR=6837680291_10151683248525292
julia eterovic arias - Ojalá viniera a chile de nuevo
loletta lloyd - Tracey Bailey Schroeder-Freeland :) - The new album from Sting, The Last Ship, is out now (US tomorrow)! Both a standard, 12-track al (Type: link | Published: 2013-09-23T04:33:33+0000)
Sting: The new album from Sting, The Last Ship, is out now (US tomorrow)! Both a standard, 12-track album (http://po.st/LastShipSTDFB) and a 17-track deluxe version (http://po.st/LastShipFb) are available on iTunes.Comments:
fowmy noordeen - dear.sting keep going.don.t .stop
håkan dash mellquist - Love it, a new aproach, refreshing!! Your uniqe voice is allways touching my heart:)
daniel cormier - Good Luck with your release!
damon isaacs - Great work Mr. Sumner as always!
goran brankovic - Good luck, hope to see you soon in Stockholm!
craciunescu gabriela - I'm waiting to see what have you done, baby, this time!
jes sumner - Is this out in uk shops? Xx
vadim fazullin - Стинг окончательно погряз в занудстве. Что в очередной раз продемонстрировал нам его последний релиз (Sting finally sunk in bore. Once again showed us his latest release)
pavol pali kupko - why is not on iTunes Super Deluxe version? :(
michail jarovoj - I was a big fan of Sting, he was modern, unique and fresh! Now he is rich and boring folksy musician! It is so sad! ;(
dominique picardat - You'll see, the last ship jumps on the ocean to help us to come to life again
juan antonio - sending out an SOS
katerina dimitriou - I LOVE STING!!!!!!!!! <3 <3 <3
kenneth armstrong - Does Sting remember Queen of Scots?
sonia price - Thank you Sting I love it x
david nelson - Pre-ordered and on the way.
sebastian gut - I didn't like it. Last time he did something interesting was Ten Summoner´s Tale
anne o'rourke-gruman - Love Sting and his performance in A.C., N.J. was the highlight of my summer!
cláudia franklin - The last one? Omg
maria sara reyes e - OMG .. !!! Sting is wonderful ... !!! <3
angel higuera - Sting has not out it anything really good in over ten years. How this changes that. - Today is International Day of Peace – celebrate and help to share the power of play by postin (Type: photo | Published: 2013-09-21T05:46:54+0000)
Sting: Today is International Day of Peace – celebrate and help to share the power of play by posting a photo or video to Instagram with a One World Futbol, tagging @oneworldfutbol, and the organization will donate a ball to youth in disadvantaged communities. For details, please visit http://bit.ly/1emBNg6. Here's a photo of Sting with OWFP co-founder Tim Jahnigen, and for more inspiration, check out OWFP's Instagram channel at http://bit.ly/1bfmBQL!Comments:
andrea puche - Day of peace and my bday
clara bianco - I love you Sting...
jeri layton - Sting is so Cool!
jacklol otte - <3 <3 <3 STING <3 <3 <3
ruth chichester - Gordon, you're STILL Fabulously GORGEOUS!!
claudio nunez vivanco - Happy Birthday then!
cynthia talone - Soccer doesn't suck. It's THE most popular game in da world and transcends culture, poverty, riches and is actually called FOOTBALL.
pilar ruiz almonacid - Thank you Sting for to come to my country and sing "they dance alone" in dificult times
lisa marie myers - I love Sting!! Muah
nadine m. wittner - ...miss a smile on his face...
barea stass - World Day of Peace ...Is there really cares?
sjaan alsemgeest - vrede,peach,paz,baris,shalom,for the hole world
phooeerrie feenstra-sirait - That is True what you do,i am agree with you!!!
jim robertson - Sting , check the international day of pray http://www.idop.org
angie d - Sting - fit as a butcher's dog, faithful, intelligent, talented, ethical, interesting. What's not to love! ;)
auli saarinen - Doing good again!
bionic blonde - pic.twitter.com/NW1AIkYzXv Done!
christina titin jodikin - Be peace with us
sandra gandarillas - Sting....Papucho¡¡¡mmm
dolly srivastava - every breath u take <3
sandra gandarillas - Sting....tu no tienes nada de Gordon¡¡... :-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-) - Sting sat down with the Newcastle Journal's David Whetstone (a fellow Geordie!) to discuss his (Type: link | Published: 2013-09-20T19:11:02+0000)
Sting: Sting sat down with the Newcastle Journal's David Whetstone (a fellow Geordie!) to discuss his new album, The Last Ship, and its inspirations. Read it here: http://www.thejournal.co.uk/culture/music/sting-talks-new-album-stage-6068216Comments:
cathy bober - ....great stuff....just don't understand...why "guys" dislike you so.....ONLY loved you when you were in "The Police" You seem like a pleasant person......u obviously are TALENTED, evolve as u choose....just don't get it.......really I don't....and it pisses me off!!! :)
ana esther delgado - STING expect a visit of this great musician to Mexico City soon .... and safe this album is great as his entire musical career.
sylwia grzelecka - Sting you have to come to Poland to Gdansk's shipyard with your new album. Once you told you felt here like in your home town, so do it again.
gerry kay estel-grubb - Very good, I will get this one
mostafa seliem - nice pic sting :D
nadja brosius-glück - was ich bisher gehört habe, wird das ein sehr gutes Album!
peter mitchell - The performance on The One Show was moving. The Soul Cages revisited. At last!.
zumrad guven - Ну наконец-то новый альбом. Успеха!
deborah raposa - Your music rocks me; your intellect warms me...
tracee pickett - it may be a monday release. i have an few invites to get out.
lenka Šteflová - www.intldayofpeace.org
with you too
renata swadzba - warto bylo tak dlugo czekac !
robert panico - I don't really listen to his stuff, but the fact that he's doing it is really great.
amanda da hora - Come to Brazil *-*
nate balser - U da man Sting!! Genius. Always look forward to new stuff you put out. And always listening to all your work. Please keep it coming! Thanks. Take care bud.
stéphane duveillié - Une pure merveille!!
robert schulze lutum - Sting is the man.
karen hemingway - Looking fabulous on Jools Holland xx
craig elliott - Stunning album, nothing short of his best work ever. Please buy this album and be blown away by the storytelling and emotion. Buy the double disc in particular. Album of the year without doubt.
marilyn tucker mccall - Saw him on BBC America ....so nice to see a 15 min at least segment rather than the 4 min piece we get on most American talk shows...Throughly enjoyed it!
sue mackenzie-smith - Never thought Wallsend would make it on the international stage!! Good to see him going back to his roots! - Sting: By The Book in this Sunday's New York Times...the feature is online now at the link belo (Type: link | Published: 2013-09-19T23:13:32+0000)
Sting: Sting: By The Book in this Sunday's New York Times...the feature is online now at the link below!Comments:
communisme totalitarisme - Un grand musicien !
barea stass - All book titles terrifying
marie christine suanez - bien croqué.....i like...
john wood - Great Sting WW 1951!!!!
san scie - love your music so good !!!
raf nettuno - Nice to know which books you interested in, did you allso read The Godfather from Mario Puzzo?
sanjay peters - he was a member of the '80s-group, 'the police'
antonella salvia - I can't wait for the new album! So true about "Wolf hall", it's a great book.
raheleh jalalian - sting, my love.. :)
marie- brigitte gibert-lafon - Ecellente surprise hier soir sur Canal pour la présentation du nouveau CD qui devrait sortir lundi. Ce qui nous a été proposé est évidemment super, comme d'hab!
sarah carolann mccleskey broaddus - Great quote! Great performer and guy. Love his wife too.
jessie ward - Always been the best...words of his songs and performances are amazing...now Mr Somner...write poetry..
lololion king delrosario - "By the work one knows the workman"
grace lewin - I have gone to BERCY many times to see Sting Concerts, he always give the best of himself. Listening to his music, I feel like I was in another world living another way of my life. Thank Sting
antonio faraò - Robert Gligorov?
aleksandr rikun - Респект. Стинг ты лучшый
raffaele cinzio - x i miei 42 anni un bel regalo tnks 22\9
paulis bruvelis - Thought it was you. Fantastic. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/6YzGOq42zLk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
arakel semenov - Nice...!Waiting..
urszula ustyniuk - Super Sting ,pozdrawiam jesienna pora z polskiego Podlasia,
liza ivankova - Красивый !!! - We are excited to share the news that Sting's new play, THE LAST SHIP, will open on Broadway in (Type: link | Published: 2013-09-19T16:16:09+0000)
Sting: We are excited to share the news that Sting's new play, THE LAST SHIP, will open on Broadway in the fall of 2014, following a pre-Broadway World Premiere from June 10 – July 13, 2014 at Chicago's Bank of America Theatre! An epic yet intimate tale inspired by Sting's own childhood experiences, this World Premiere production, produced by Jeffrey Seller and Kathryn Schenker, features direction by two-time Tony Award® winner Joe Mantello (Wicked), a book by Tony Award® winner John Logan (Red) and Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award® winner Brian Yorkey (Next to Normal) and choreography by Olivier Award winner and Tony Award® Nominee Steven Hoggett (Once). Check out http://sting.com/news/title/the-last-ship-featuring-an-original-score-by-16time-grammy-award-winner-sting-will-open-on-broadway-fall-2014-prebroadway-world-premiere-at-chicagos-bank-of-america-theatre-jun-10jul-13-2014 for additional details!Comments:
asia zorpel - Heading to the US?! Woooohoooo!
elena netea - Right now "And yet" is pouring its beauty into my ears. Thank you!
barbara bandini - Will we have the pleausure to have him in Italy too?
gimena aiello - When are you coming to Argentina?????
gimena aiello - Can't wait to hear it!!!!
nelson bencosme gonzalez - Te Esperamos Por República Dominicana!
peter gathunuku - Looking forward to this.
erica schirru - Can t wait to see him in a week in New York for the fundraising event.....get to meet him too!! So excited
liliane opher-cohn - Habe mir heute die CD gekauft
korky dark - Lee Balgemann we should go!
fabienne barthe - Hâte de vous revoir en France, mais pourquoi pas à Broadway, ça serait un beau voyage...
kristin surette undhjem - putting it on my calendar NOW!
irina minibaeva - У вас много любви , много мира в сердце , идей и вдохновения...
wendy bales - Very exciting news!! Chicago may be my destination...
cristina pina - When you came again to Portugal?
melia jaecques cate - So awesome that the show is premiering in Chicago for us Midwesterner's! I really want to see this!!
nancy grace marder - So happy I live in Chicago!! Looking forward to purchasing tickets!
carrier layla - I love you excellent artiste love you make evrething
davide ricci - Where can I make the casting to take part to the musical as a performer?
Can someone please give me some info about!?!?!
juan carlos francis villanueva - Ojo Roxie Francis y Cristina Vasquez
paulina villaseñor hernandez - Congrats to Sting. Way to go! Sting's new play...THE LAST SHIP. Hoping to see it one day!!! - Free tickets will be given away via a lottery system for each of Sting's 10 concerts, featuring (Type: link | Published: 2013-09-16T15:58:32+0000)
Sting: Free tickets will be given away via a lottery system for each of Sting's 10 concerts, featuring songs from his new album The Last Ship, to benefit The Public Theater from September 25 – October 9! For more information and details on how to enter, please visit www.sting.com. A limited number of benefit tickets are still available for purchase at http://ticketing.publictheater.org/production/?prod=22099.Comments:
sarah allen - that's too much to take in:) is he going to be touring in ireland
joke melbourne - I like this very much!
norman di maria - You are a very gentlem boy!
vilma landro - Quanto sei buono
paralia kampi - i love sting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
satamon sat - Je ne comprends toujours pas ce qui est écris, mais lui je l'aime d'avantage a chaque album <3
patrick joly - un grand artiste!!
dina podnizhna - Je t'aime Sting!!!!
viktor rybak - Thanks. Russians loves theares childrens too.
andrewkatie faucher - I WISH BIG TIME!!!
antonia gonzalez andreu - te quiero en mi vida....
gaby petermann van bon - Meeke Mutter, this takes place in N.Y. ..something for you ?
shorena belashvili - zalian miyvars stingis simgerebi.....
joe sampognaro - did you ever call phil naro to sing on any new material??
isa díaz - Leyenda viva! Love you!
karen gilmore - Like Sting and his Music.
erika arzadum gomez - Un arquiecto de la música, me encantas.....
deborah wright roche - Heard the heart in "Practical Arrangement".
kathryn phelps summers - This man is a true artist. Loved "Practical Arrangement."
tracey-corina elliott - So come do concert in New Zealand
deborah wright roche - This is an excellent work. I still listen to Soul Cages, Nothing like the Sun, Ten Summer's Night Tale, Dream of The Blue Turtle and well all Sting's work always sounds fresh and earthly to me. Love the lyrics. Always so reflective. - Check out Sting's appearance on BBC One's "The One Show," which includes a live performance of (Type: video | Published: 2013-09-14T14:14:39+0000)
Sting: Check out Sting's appearance on BBC One's "The One Show," which includes a live performance of "Practical Arrangement" from his new album, The Last Ship! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAtGNuKPZs8Comments:
angie walker - my eldest is gonna get me the new album...luv u thomas...x
sandi woodman - I never get tired of him.
raquel varela - How can we get tired of his genius?
rosi izquierdo alcala - Genuino puro!!!!!
jane dyson wilson - OMG...I love it!!! <3 The part about your class reminds me of my own teaching days ;) The same type of heart, giving....I love the song...I love you <3
joanna zalewska - I LOVE STING FROM ALWAYS aska zalewska
jane douglas - If you love Sting as I do enjoy this clip....he meets some of his former students and sings a really great new song from his new album released next week fantastic....
chris brisson - That was brilliant, Mr. Sumner!
tessy prentiss - love this, thanks
dressed to kiss - hey look what i found..http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8pwj-3Xpc4
arno meijer - Fascinating interview, and a beautiful song. Thank you again!
julia moras righetti - Extraordinario en sus canciones, con una voz melódica que atrae y produce admiración!!
esteban jimenez arriaza - Great..!!!! Sting...
dan depolito - Is it being a grand-parent that gets one in a reflective mood? Well done Mr. Sumner.
brenda grulke - Oh, SO good :) thank you thank you
troy silvestre - He might be the Bennette, Sinatra of our generation :)
maka ergemlidze - beauty of being genius is get better by age!!!! I think he is the best songwriter of our time !!!!
claudine collier-fanaselle - This was wonderful! I love this song!!
shawna young hulse - cant wait to listen to the album So love everything you do
louis julio someillan - Brilliant! Your performance of this Great Song was very much in line with the House Holding Yogi.
veronica l. baasch - Beautiful,Sexy and so intelligent.My first love and my first dance was to Fields of gold..Never forget you <3 - Check out this feature in The New York Times on Sting's new album, The Last Ship! (Type: link | Published: 2013-09-12T15:36:36+0000)
Sting: Check out this feature in The New York Times on Sting's new album, The Last Ship!Comments:
anne cancelosi - Can't wait to hear the whole album. The samples are beautiful.
ruben ortas - I Like english Man. On Facebook!!!!
jill winegar - sting looking buff..
ellen chernoff - Good luck Sting...I'm anxious to see how it all works out for you, I'm sure it will be a success, you are a brilliant and talented person and I love everything you've ever done so I'm sure I'll love this too. Much love always xxx EC
agu polulis - Never ending Sting!!! Oh I can't wait....
astrid bryant - When are you coming to Seattle ?
jane dyson wilson - Would definitely have to see that...
nancy pinthieve - Looking forward to this album!!!! & I need to get to Wallsend & Newcastle.
pipi morales - Looking fantastic !!! Loco que facha men !!!
orxan nesibli - Excellent the last ship !
alessandra jodice - Troppo... bono!!!!
asep risyana assanevic - When are you coming to Indonesia Mr. Sting ?
tatjana ilcev miljenovic - Wow, look at him, he looks great! Just like wine, getting better with age. ;)
wild raspberry - http://www.oneworldfutbol.com/
I am so proud of you, about this project...
You exist to be loved, Sting!
I only hope that this project goes to Brazil... (Áreas de várzea and Amazônia).
For the boys that really need... Traditional population in Amazon where kiddos play in aneven areas and where soccer is the only activity that matters for most of them.
If you can make conections to: http://senna.globo.com/institutoayrtonsenna/ingles/home/index.asp
"Se a gente quiser modificar alguma coisa, é pelas crianças que devemos começar, por meio da educação" Ayrton Senna do Brasil...
suvro adhikary - KAKAAAAA.....\\\\\\\mmmmmmmmmm////////// !!!!!!!!!!!!
pepe payá - It´s a dream that you come to Petrer http://www.guitarrapetrer.com/en/2013/Evento/Conciertos
stip bron - http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/12/sting-tantric-sex-album-broadway-musical
petra roon - http://www.zideo.nl/video/view/playzideo/6c4961556e567474/zideo/6c596d586d31383d
afsoun karimi - I love Desert Rose <3 <3 <3
tetsuji takabatake - I Already Ordered Your New Album!!
บ้านนี้ทวีศักดิ์ สุทาวัน อินโดจีน - Hero 's coming home. - "Tisane" track 7 from the new Dominic Miller album "adhoc" which is released February 2014 (Type: video | Published: 2013-09-11T19:30:31+0000)
Sting: "Tisane" track 7 from the new Dominic Miller album "adhoc" which is released February 2014Comments:
marie t cognon - SO GOOD ..................(y)
maria gimenez - es lindo tema !!!
ismael dugain - It's a beautiful tune. Thanks Dominic.
eli rødland - wow... yes..so good !!
deborah raposa - Beautifully done........
jovi capilla - Do you really post all this things? If it's true, is an honor to be so near of you !!! Thak you Sting. From Graná, the city of Alhambra, Spain, your fan Jovi capilla.
melanie group - Took great joy from the change in the last 30 seconds!
birgitta nilsson - Positive vibrations..
nena peterson - Sensual and gorgeous - thank you for sharing.
helle tell - Beautiful Domenic
monique coubre - Laissez-vous bercer...
peter mitchell - An oasis of sound. Delicate
deborah petrie-ballachino - This sounds amazing...have to share!!
noora helena pauliina - aaaaaaaarrrrrrgggghhhh. minä rakastan tätä! I love it. I love it!
rick rigsby - My absolutely 21st Century-favorite Guitarist!!! Always has been.....now going Bg Azz Public!! #1000 THE FUNKMEISTER!
sue mcnamara - Happiness to your ears
luisa carvalho - Very, very good sound. Thank you Sr. Sting, and congratulations Domenic.
andrei volosatov - Nice one Dominic!
jennifer kirbo miles - So beautiful....
jorge carballo - Dominic Miller is a "superstar"! I'm a huge fan and was lucky to meet him in Miami when he played songs from Shapes. Incredible guitarist and huge part of Sting's solo work.
barbara blencowe - Saw them together in Melbourne OZ, great combination. - WATER PROJECT UPDATE: A few weeks ago, with RFUND support, the Siona and Secoya communities wo (Type: photo | Published: 2013-09-11T14:05:53+0000)
Sting: WATER PROJECT UPDATE: A few weeks ago, with RFUND support, the Siona and Secoya communities worked together to build 36 more rainwater harvesting systems to bring clean water to the Ecuadorian Amazon. (Photo: ClearWater)Comments:
amir sohrabi - I LOVE YOU STING
charles knox - Let's get to work and clean up those 900+ holding pits in the Amazon.
luis minera - Thanks for support poor people
dalida benchalal - Your engagement deserves respect and honour. God bless you Sting, you are a lovely person.
frank andrade - Sting, great artist and great human being.
michele lester - Thank you for the goodness that you are doing. A true citizen of the world.
wale yemi - Sting foundation. How do you do what u do best? I need to start something like this. Thanks.
alma povilaityte - i like strong mans
joanna schneider - Great. I know place where children do not drink milk becouse people are so pure. O God we have so much. . .
stacy hernandez - Clean water, we take for granted here. Wonderful to help others.
lennart pedersen - In Dennmark we have the most clean Water in the World, but sadly people don´t care :-(
dinesh thapa - we your fans thank you:):):):):)GOD bless you.......!!!
deborah raposa - Help them to help themselves will serve many generations.......
araiza alberto - Respect dear Sting!
carolina gómez gonzález - Wow thanks god you are working on that ! :)
barbara zawadzka - Water - it's life.
maria teixeira de magalhaes - Wondeful Project. Congratulations !! Great Sting!!
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SE Chapter 1: Not so FriendlyDarkness, that was all that filled the room; that and silence. Walking around in this dark room there were two doors; a red one and a black one.Not knowing which to choose; a young man, wearing a suit looked at these two doors with his red-crimson eyes, just staring blankly at themHe opened the black door and there was a hall, where he could see light.He ran towards it, but the distance seemed to be greater with every step he took.As he saw another door ahead where the light was shining, he saw someone.Maybe a friend? Even an enemy perhaps?No. He never saw this person before. He kept running to get a closer look at this person. It was a girl, not able to get a glimpse of her face he stopped for a moment, looking at her. He called out to her, yet there was no response. She faced him from afar, and took a step back where the door was; she took a deep breath, and fell back. He ran after her screaming, he caught her hand, but she was slipping from his grasp, trying to p
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This is what it is... Drone technology will be utilised to spot the swine from the air Now this was a short news insert in a magazine,and I Feral hogs are horribly,horribly destructive to environments, Speaking of scattering I am not sure how this will work because Well if I learn anything more I will let you know what happened. DD |
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Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley and David Beckham are just a few of the celebrities who have given their ink handprints to the new book 'Celebrity Handprints' by James Preston, published 1st December 2007. Imagine, the fingerprints of Johnny Depp at your own fingertips. What's more, all proceeds from the sale of the book are being given to the UK charities BBC Children in Need and Great Ormond Street Hospital. The book is available from Amazon, bookstores and the website www.celebrityhandprints.org.
The book 'Celebrity Handprints' is paperback, 110 pages and priced at GBP20.00. ISBN 978-0955752308. The giclee handprints may only be purchased via www.celebrityhandprints.org and are priced at GBP50.00 each.
There are ten copies of the book Celebrity Handprints by James Preston and the 1st in the series of each limited edition giclee print from the names released on offer to press features as reader giveaways/prizes.
So Feminine – The American magazine GQ has published a list of the 50 best dressed men over the past 50 years.
It is no surprise that many Hollywood actors are at the top of the list of the best dressed men. There are also politicians and singers on this list of men with style.
Among the best dressed actors, we can find George Clooney and Johnny Depp, as well as actors that marked another era such as, Marcello Mastroianni, Steve McQueen, Paul Newman and Marlon Brando.
The musicians with style include Beck, Bob Dylan and David Bowie.
Naturally, John F. Kennedy had a spot as one of the best dressed politicians.
Hi guys, quick update with articles from everywhere
Hollywood actor Johnny Depp says that he wouldn't mind essaying his character in the adventure series 'Pirates of the Caribbean' for a seventh time.
Forty-three-year-old Depp, who plays the role of Jack Sparrow in the hit series, said Sparrow's character has a lot to explore.
"I'll never get bored of Captain Jack, he is so much fun. If they wanted to do 'Pirates 7′, why not? There are new layers to Jack and situations that he can't just talk his way out of, so it would be good to keep exploring the character," Tittle-tattle quoted Depp, as saying.
However, Depp doesn't enjoy the process of fixing gold teeth on, for he finds the entire process very rough.
"They're bonded on to my own choppers! They make the surface of my teeth kind of rough, then use hot glue and laser the false teeth on," he said.
"The process of taking them off can be quite ugly. Sometimes they just shoot off and other times you have to address the issue more intensely, with yanking," he added.
Johnny Depp hates showing his two children his films, because he is always nervous they won't like them.
The actor – who has two children, Lily-Rose and Jack, with long-term partner Vanessa Paradis – doesn't care what critics think of his movies but always values his family's opinion.
He said: "They saw 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory', which made me very nervous. I was scared they'd come home and say, 'Hey dad, better luck next time!' But they came home quoting it, which is nice."
Johnny insists there are a number of his movies that he won't show to his kids until they are older, because he doesn't want to give them nightmares.
The actor – who has starred in a number of strange adults-only films, including 'The Ninth Gate', 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas' and 'Secret Window' – added: "I only let them watch some of my movies, but some I'm not sure they're ready for. Hell, I'm not sure I'm ready for them!"
He is currently shooting the Tim Burton directed 'Sweeney Todd', in which he plays the murderous London barber of the same name.
There's an article about Lily Rose on Star magazine, issue from March 26. I wont post the scan here since there's pictures from Lily and Jack, in respect to Johnny's desire (he HATES have his child's pictures exposed in magazines). But here's the full article:
Johnny Depp's anguish: his baby girl fights for her life.
The actor spent 10 straight days by his sick daughter's bedside. Here, all the details, including what really caused her deadly infection.
Dashing Johnny Depp has had his share of heroic roles in the movies, but nothing could prepare the Pirates of the Caribbean star for the life-and-death drama that unfolded over the past few weeks in his real life. For 10 days, the anguished actor and his wife Vanessa Paradis, 34, kept a constant vigil at the hospital bedside of their 7-years-old daughter Lily Rose, as she suffered from a potentially life-threatening kidney infection, according to sources.
Johnny Depp has demanded a Moroccan-themed trailer on the set of his latest movie 'Sweeney Todd'.
Pinewood Studio bosses have agreed to the 43-year-old actor's unusual request and forked out £20,000 to re-decorate his accommodation with expensive drapes, scented candles and several Moroccan shish pipes – which are used for smoking flavoured tobacco.
Actors go to all sorts of lengths to get into character for their roles, and to make them as real as possible. Take Christian Bale: The man starved himself twenty pounds beyond his nutritionist's recommendation, morphing into barely more than a pile of bones and skin for The Machinist. It was a bigger personal commitment than overeating for a few months to gain a few curves. Beyond moulding their body, what do actors do to prepare? They might perform some interviews or immerse themselves in the environment.
Well, rumor has it that interviews aren't enough for Johnny Depp. As Erik Davis reported almost a year ago, Depp is re-teaming with Tim Burton for a film adaptation of the strange Stephen Sondheim musical, Sweeney Todd. Playing the vicious barber who collects human parts for Mrs. Lovett's meat pies, Depp has been trying to get into character, and it seems he couldn't find a killer barber to learn from.
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Johnny Depp lead the nominees for the 33rd annual People's Choice Awards. The nominations were announced Tuesday at the Peninsula Hotel by Neil Patrick Harris, Alyson Hannigan, Isaiah Washington and Kate Walsh.
Internet research firm Knowledge Networks called on pop culture fans to help determine the nominees. The public can help choose the winners online at http://www.pcavote.com. The CBS-TV show will be broadcast from the Shrine Auditorium on Jan. 9.
A second round of nominees for categories that includes favorite movie, new TV comedy and remake of a song will be announced later.
Johnny leads as male movie star and male action star.
Read the full article at FOXNEWS.com
Let's see what the media is saying about Johnny!
Johnny Depp Talks 'Pirates 2 & 3′ Role Johnny Depp Talks The Corpse Bride Johnny Depp, The Next Don Quixote? Johnny Depp plans to be a pirate for years Toronto welcomes Johnny Depp Depp: never far from the maddening crowd Will Depp Do Don Quixote? Tim Burton's Corpse Bride stars Johnny Depp in off-beat animated love story Stellar Year, Stellar Star Power Keith Richards Becomes Johnny Depp's Father
Also, The Libertine is set to be showing in The Toronto International Film Festival this friday, 16. Johnny should be doing some press, and, if you're anywhere near the festival, go see it! According to IMDb, The Libertine is set to open in US in December.


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*long one -- lots to cover this week. A joint Ben-Nate production.
Tactical Successes
One theme of this column, particularly in recent months, has been a rather
critical perspective of the U.S.-led war effort in Afghanistan. This
perspective has its roots in the strategic and grand strategic altitude
from which STRATFOR views the world and into the context of which it
attempts to place world events. In particular, STRATFOR has raised
questions regarding <><the opportunity costs> of the forces committed to
the counter-insurgency focused strategy in Afghanistan and the size and
duration of the commitment necessary to attempt to achieve meaningful and
lasting results. But this column has also long endeavored to provide an
accurate portrayal of operational and tactical developments - both
challenges and successes. While it has its flaws, STRATFOR noted at the
beginning of the year that the `new' American strategy was <><more
coherent and entailed a more tough-minded recognition and self-awareness
of U.S. challenges and weaknesses> in Afghanistan.
The central Helmand River Valley provides some perspective on what recent
tactical success looks like on the ground. Here the U.S. Marine Regimental
Combat Team-1 (RCT-1) is responsible for key areas south of Lashkar Gah,
the Helmand provincial capital including the farming community of Marjah
to the west and Nawa and Gamshir further south down the Helmand River.
Some two years ago, this area was the responsibility of a single Marine
infantry battalion (some 1,000 Marines), that was spread quite thin simply
attempting to provide some semblance of security in district centers.
Today, four battalions provide security across the Regimental Area of
Operations from more than 100 positions - many held by a squad of only
about nine Marines and a U.S. Navy corpsman and partnered with an Afghan
National Army (ANA) squad. Other positions are held by the Afghan
Uniformed Police, Afghan National Civil Order Police (a gendarmerie
formation) or the ANA independently. <><A local community police
initiative> awkwardly known as the Interim Security of Critical
Infrastructure (which contracts nicely to ISCI - pronounced `isckie')
provides a block-by-block arrangement where locals provide for their own
After two years of security operations in Nawa, Marine commanders will now
visit the central market without helmet or body armor. It is the success
story of the recent U.S.-led effort here, and one commanders consider
replicable in Marjah and Gamshir (where the fight is still more kinetic) -
given time. And there have been signs of <><locals being more forthcoming
with intelligence> - and sharing it both with U.S. forces and directly
with Afghan forces (a potentially important sign for the durability of the
civilian relationship with the government).
Gains across the central Helmand River Valley remain fragile and
reversible. It will take time to consolidate and entrench them, and for
both Afghan security forces and the Afghan government to - through trial
and error, experience, training and further support - stand on their own
two feet to the point where a subsequent return of Taliban fighters
attempting to regain control of the area could not only be resisted and
repulsed, but perhaps more importantly not supported ideologically or
materially by locals on a meaningful scale. This is something that takes
time - particularly in an area once more broadly and firmly controlled by
the Taliban. It has often been said that the U.S. won all the battles in
Vietnam but lost the war. <><Tactical success does not necessarily
indicate broader operational or strategic gains>, but it is nevertheless a
trend that will warrant close scrutiny moving forward.
2014 and Beyond
The (not entirely unexpected) announcement by U.S. President Barack Obama
Nov. 20 at the NATO Summit in Lisbon that responsibility for security in
the country would be completely transferred to Afghan forces by 2014 was
particularly important in this regard, because it now makes explicit that
there is more room for consolidating and cementing near-term gains against
the Taliban. Notably, the 2014 timetable entails `combat' forces; in the
case of Iraq, some 50,000 U.S. troops remain in the country following the
end-of-August termination of `combat' operations in an `advisory and
assistance' role - meaning that the overall commitment of American forces
to Afghanistan may be many years beyond 2014.
But what has been achieved has also taken the massing of forces. Four
reinforced and heavily supported U.S. Marine infantry battalions in the
central Helmand River Valley represent a far more dense concentration of
combat power than most areas of Afghanistan ever have or will likely ever
experience. This is not anywhere, Afghanistan and it is not a
representative case study because the laser-sharp focus of forces is not
being and cannot be replicated everywhere in the country. But it has been
an area deliberately identified and targeted in the U.S. strategy in order
to focus on key population centers and deny the Taliban both that
population and the income from the poppy crop upon which they rely to a
significant degree.
And this application of force has seen results - if not as rapidly as was
originally hoped when Marines <><seized key bazaars in Marjah back in
February>. Locals are working with not only the U.S., but directly with
Afghan security forces - indicating that relationships are forming and a
degree of trust is being achieved. But an insurgency is a moving target,
and already the most intense combat operations have shifted northward to
the district of Sangin. So while Marine efforts in Marjah in the last six
months have indeed seen success, the impacts of the transition to Afghan
forces as U.S. forces begin to pull back and focus their efforts elsewhere
will warrant close and ongoing scrutiny.
The United States announced Nov. 19 that it will expand its <><Northern
Distribution Network> (NDN) supply chain to the Afghan theater by
utilizing the Lithuanian port of Klaipeda. U.S. Transportation Command
(TRANSCOM) said that they initial shipment will involve approximately 100
TEU (Twenty foot equivalent unit) containers and will arrive in December.
The port of Klaipeda will join the ports of Riga, Latvia; Talinn, Estonia;
Poti, Georgia; and Mersin, Turkey that are already receiving non-lethal
materiel such as building supplies, fuel and food bound for northern
Afghanistan. The NDN began operation in early 2009 in <><response to
threats to the supply chain in Pakistan>, and already sees the transit of
some 1,000 TEU per week. The port of Klaipeda has the highest container
handling rate of all the other Baltic ports, though the bandwidth of
Russian, Kazakh, Uzbek and Tajik railways are also a key limiting factor.
The US is also looking at expanding its ability to utilize transportation
networks in Russian and Central Asia. Russia agreed to allowing the
shipment of armored vehicles through its territory along the NDN and is
currently negotiating with NATO to allow reverse transit, which would let
NATO send materiel upstream, back to the Baltic, Turkish and Georgian
ports for repair or redeployment. But Central Asia also poses several
challenges to the US and NATO. Aside from being extremely long, the NDN is
not completely free of security risk. <Militants in Tajikistan> have
threatened to attack shipments of materiel traversing Uzbekistan and
Tajikistan into Afghanistan. While there is no evidence that this is
happening at a level of significance - and Pakistani militants have set a
high standard for interfering with logistics - militants along the Afghan
border do have ties to the Afghan Taliban, and so could mount a more
aggressive campaign against isolated supply lines similar to how
<><militants in Pakistan continue to challenge NATO supply lines there>.
Nevertheless, further diversification of the logistical network, while it
cannot replace reliance on Pakistan and entails risks of its own, can be
considered significant progress for the U.S.-led war effort.
Main Battle Tanks
And logistics remain a key aspect of the fight inside Afghanistan as well.
The notoriously poor road infrastructure (there is not currently a single
paved road in the entire RCT-1 area of operations) is further degraded in
wet conditions. This makes a Marine request for the deployment of a
company of M1A1 Abrams <><main battle tanks> (MBTs) particularly
noteworthy: the tanks will offer heavy direct fire support that both
further taxes that infrastructure (at nearly 70 tons, the M1 does not
tread lightly on local roads, and it is a fuel hungry beast: it's gas
turbine engine can burn through a gallon of gasoline in a quarter mile)
and by virtue of the off-road mobility that tracks provide, greater
freedom of movement. This will mark the first deployment of American MBTs
to the country, though Canadian and Danish Leopard tanks have been used to
considerable effect in Kandahar province since 2007.
<><The Marine Assault Breacher Vehicle>, which is built on an M1A1
chassis, has been operating in Helmand province for a year now, giving the
Marines a sense of what it takes to operate a vehicle of that size and
weight. Both institutionally and doctrinally, the Marine tanker community
is a small one that has always worked closely with infantry. Much has been
said of what this request signifies at the current time, but the request
was submitted earlier in the year and in fact echoed a request made last
year that had previously been denied. A small contingent of tanks (a
single company has been requested which - including support vehicles -
will amount to only around 15 vehicles to be deployed by the entire 1st
Marine Division (Forward)) is simply part and parcel of how the Marines do
business. They will not win the war and they are not a sudden, panicked
request for reinforcements.
The precision-engagement that the Abrams' 120mm main gun offers will be a
significant direct-fire support asset, especially as vegetation is now
thinning out - allowing for it to engage targets at longer range (up to
several kilometers). Indeed, in the lightly armored and largely
foot-mobile Afghan campaign, even the Abram's M2 .50 caliber machine gun
(often found along with the Mk 19 40mm automatic grenade launcher mounted
on <><M-ATV trucks>) will often be found valuable.
Meanwhile, <><the lack of a sophisticated and nuanced understanding of the
Taliban's composition> remains an issue. Nowhere was this made more clear
than when a purported senior Taliban leader taking part in back-channel
negotiations with the Afghan government was announced to have been an
imposter. While this is an emerging development that requires further
clarification and investigation, the mere statement (and the viability of
such a claim, even if this one turns out to be different) underscores a
longstanding STRATFOR point that <><no one has a good master list of the
Taliban hierarchy>. And without this sort of sound analytic construct and
sophisticated and nuanced understanding of one's adversary, raw
intelligence can only get you so far.
Nathan Hughes
Military Analysis


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Pastrami on rye with mustard ($18.45).
Katz's Delicatessen205 East Houston St. (at Ludlow St.), Manhattan212-254-2246
The current, Chinese-owned grocery looks out on a high school and on Sara D. Roosevelt Park. It's a good bet that if you step inside (I didn't), you'll still find chocolate, java, and pop, and many more packaged snacks and soft drinks, too. The grocery's much older predecessor, whose surviving signage can also be glimpsed at the far left of the first photo, may well have been a pizzeria. The curve, below and to the left of the "big cans" sticker, turns out to be a capital "C" when the deteriorating facing is bent back (it doesn't bend far). C-a-l-z ... "calzone".
"Hershey's, coffee, soda"Surviving signage outside Hester Corner Grocery, 119 Hester St. (at Forsyth St.), Manhattan212-226-8160
(This venue closed in 2014 after 35 years.) Two fried with potatoes ($4.25), part of a breakfast combo with juice, coffee, and rye toast, or "whiskey down," as my waitress called out to the short-order cook. In a quieter moment the two of them conversed in Spanish, but at busy times it seemed only diner-speak would do.
Olympic Restaurant115 Delancey St. (at Essex St.), Manhattan212-420-8153
Bánh cuốn can be found throughout Vietnam and in Vietnamese restaurants throughout New York, but they are particularly associated with the North, and Hanoi, first home of Tonkin Kitchen's owner. She employs a wooden dowel, I noted with delight, much like the proprietor of the old December 19 Market, with similar silky-textured results.
Tonkin Kitchen specializes in a style called bánh cuốn trứng (about $8 each); "trứng" denotes the addition of an egg, in this case poached. Mine featured sauteed ground pork, with wood ear and shiitake mushrooms; you can also swap in shrimp for pork or enjoy mushrooms alone. The house fish sauce (in the second photo, it's pooled at the bottom) is relatively mild; indeed, it's an essential complement to the bánh cuốn. Don't pass it up.
H/T to EthnoJunkie for pointing the way.
Tonkin KitchenSee website for locationswww.Facebook.com/TonkinKitchen
Dondourma, Turkish-style ice cream, is more chewy than creamy. The elastic consistency is traditionally provided by sahlep, the powdered tuber of a Middle Eastern orchid, but in recent years the orchid has become increasingly endangered and Turkish sahlep has been barred from export.
A common substitute is konjac powder, derived from the corm of a plant that grows abundantly in East and Southeast Asia. Even if you spent your formative years chewing on dondourma in Istanbul, you might find it difficult to detect the difference. Here konjac adds its distinctive texture to a cup ($4) of spiced date ice cream.
LezzetliSee website for locationswww.LezzetliIceCream.com
In a two-scoop cup of jaggery atop durian-banana ($6), you'd expect the latter — which features the infamous "king of fruits" — to have the stronger flavor. Jaggery, you may know, is an unrefined sugar usually made from palm sap. Often it has a golden brown color and molasses-like undertones, both of which were nearly absent in the scoop on top.
The paleness of its company, however, didn't diminish the durian-banana. To my delight that scoop tasted very little of banana, which is employed more to temper the durian pungency and to help smooth the texture. What comes through is the lush and fragrant flavor of the best durian ice cream in the city.
Morgenstern's Finest Ice Cream2 Rivington St. (Bowery-Chrystie St.), Manhattan212-209-7684www.MorgensternsNYC.com
Freshly baked poppy-seed buns are well-nigh impossible to source in New York. Add that one crucial component, and this grilled, all-beef Chicago dog ($5) would be well-nigh perfect.
SnapSee website for locations646-397-6271www.SnapTruckNYC.com
No doubt you can name a pizzeria or two that deals only in whole pies, "no slices." For years this purveyor of bespoke wedding cakes and specialty cakes, many with Asian-inspired flavors, has operated on a similar basis; its Lower East Side shop, as you might imagine, is open by appointment only.
At long last, Silk Cakes has opened up a slice joint, albeit with limitations. Walk-ins are welcome, when you find yourself withing walking distance of Forest Hills; seats are unavailable, so you must take your order to go. And there's no option of a "plain slice," only the likes of black sesame cake, yuzu buttercream, and green tea truffle ($5.50).
Silk Cakes98-14 Metropolitan Ave. (69th Rd.-70th Ave.), Forest Hills, Queens718-830-3838Closed MondayAlso by appointment only at 53 Ludlow St. (Grand-Hester Sts.), Manhattan 917-892-5851www.SilkCakes.com
Years ago in Guangzhou, I chanced upon an outdoor restaurant where almost everyone was working on a plateful of noodles. First formed into thin sheets, the noodles had been rolled into rods and then cut into pieces. They were served only with soy sauce and sesame seeds; the main appeal was in the relative firmness of the noodles, once rolled.
The rolls in this rendition — called to my attention thanks to the typically exhaustive scouting of Chowhound regular Chandavki — were not as snug as in Guangzhou, but the layered noodles still offered a very pleasing chewiness. The counterman referred to these noodles as chee cheong fun, a name that I had wrongly lumped together with cheong fun. Unless you speak Cantonese, you may do better with the menu's English name, steam rice rolls ($6.50). These were stir-fried with vegetables, mushrooms, and soy sauce; a tempting-sounding alternative is topped with beef stew.
85 Chinese Restaurant85 Chrystie St. (Grand-Hester Sts.), Manhattan212-680-0118
(This venue is closed.) Were burekas on the menu of The Garden Cafeteria? I don't recall ever setting foot inside that establishment, which occupied these premises for many decades until it shuttered in 1983, and I have little knowledge of the bill of fare. But if those flaky baked pastries with Sephardic roots were on the menu of the cafeteria — a longtime center of Lower East Side intellectual life, beside the building that once housed the offices of The Jewish Daily Forward — you can bet they weren't filled with roast pork.
This trio of roast pork so ($2.50) have the same filling as a roast pork bun; "so," more commonly written as "su," means that they're baked to a "crisp" rather than steamed. They make a nice nosh.
Wing Shoon Seafood Restaurant165 East Broadway (at Rutgers St.), Manhattan212-780-0238
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